Operation in Salzburg
24-year-old fires shot while cleaning weapons
There was a major police operation in the Schallmoos district of Salzburg on Thursday evening. A 24-year-old unintentionally fired a shot while cleaning a gun in an apartment.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen An unintentional shot fired while cleaning a handgun in an apartment triggered a major police operation in an apartment building in the Schallmoos district of Salzburg on Thursday evening. The mishap happened to a 24-year-old man. An earwitness had alerted the emergency services. "No one was injured", Hans Wolfgruber, spokesman for the Salzburg Provincial Police Directorate, confirmed to APA.
Projectile got stuck
The projectile got stuck in a wall of the apartment. A temporary weapons ban was issued against the Austrian. The police took two handguns from the man along with a few hundred rounds of ammunition, which he had legally possessed.
Due to the incident, however, the officers assumed that he was not fully familiar with how to handle them. Numerous police officers, including Cobra officers, were deployed because of the dangerous incident.
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